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@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ The default color scheme is:
BASIC is concerned, but it makes more sense to colorize them as commands.
**green**
- Operators (except functions and "command operators").
+ Operators (except functions and "command operators"), quotes around
+ strings, and commas between **DATA** elements.
**purple**
Functions.
@@ -118,26 +119,22 @@ The default color scheme is:
constants (but not the quotes around the string).
**cyan**
- Line numbers at the start of a line, comments (**REM** text) and **DATA** items.
+ Line numbers at the start of a line and **DATA** items.
+
+**blue**
+ Comments (**REM** text).
**uncolorized**
Variable names.
-Quotes around strings and commas between **DATA** items are
-never colorized, so they'll appear in the default foreground color
-(usually white if the terminal has a black background, or black if the
-background is white).
-
-Note that nothing is blue in the default color scheme. This is because
-it's difficult to read on many terminals. Also, black and white are
-not used because presumably, one or the other is the background color
-of the terminal.
+Black and white are not used by default because presumably, one or the
+other is the background color of the terminal.
Customization
-------------
You can customize the colors by using the **-c** *colors* option, either
on the command line, or in the **LISTBAS_OPTS** environment variable.
-*colors* is a string of exactly 7 characters, each of which must be the
+*colors* is a string of exactly 8 characters, each of which must be the
digits *0* through *7* to specify a color, or the letter *n* to specify
no color.
@@ -189,14 +186,17 @@ The order they're used in the *colors* argument is:
are constants).
**6**
- **DATA** items and **REM** text.
+ **DATA** items (but not the commas between them).
**7**
+ **REM** text.
+
+**8**
Variable names.
So, the default color scheme is equivalent to:
- **-c** *325166n*
+ **-c** *3251646n*
NOTES
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